Aberdeen Maritime Museum is located in Ship Row, close to the harbour in a historic area of the city. The importance of the fishing industry in this part of the country is explored along with the oil industry and local shipbuilding. There are loads of interactive exhibits which kids will ... Read review
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Advantages: Excellent museum, my kids love to go every time we visit Aberdeen Disadvantages: Perhaps not easy to find as it is off the main streets.
Aberdeen Maritime Museum is located in Ship Row, close to the harbour in a historic area of the city. The importance of the fishing industry in this part of the country is explored along with the oil industry and local shipbuilding. There are loads of interactive exhibits which kids will enjoy and the large oil platform model which stretches over three levels is amazing to see. There are fantastic views out over the harbour area from the top floor ... ...building - Provost Ross's house is very interesting with it's low ceilings and winding staircases. It houses lots of memorabilia from things like the ferry services and lifeboats.
The museum has a small gift shop selling all kinds of sea related gifts, books and toys. The Leading Lights cafe in the basement area serves lovely coffee and cakes and good value for money lunches too. ...
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Advantages: write in the city center Disadvantages: parking car in center can be expensive
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Aberdeen maritime museum is the place to see real objects that illustrate the story of the north sea.
Displays include paintings from the clipper ship era,ship models from 1689 to the present,whalers,s harpoons,14th century jugs traded to Aberdeen from Holland, a fine lighthouse lens assembly,the deckhouse of a steamer and a remotely operated vechicle.
OVER3000 ships where built in Aberdeen during the 19th and 20th centuries.paintings ... ...ships such as the tea clippers that where built here. OIL
THE museum is the only venue in the country wher you can see the sheer scale of britains,s offshore oil and gas enterprise.
THATS why we are called the oil capital of europe.
THE mueum is on 4 floors takeing you threw the diffrent stages in our history.
ADMISSION IS FREE
HAS DISABLED ACCESS
OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY FROM 10AM TILL 5PM
OPEN ON SUNDAY 12NOON TILL 3PM
HAS A CAFE SERVING ...
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